Published on The National Interest In foreign policy, it’s starting to look a lot like 1992 again. That was the election year a number of second-wave neoconservatives contemplated casting votes for then governor Bill Clinton. A few did actually end up crossing party lines—once again, that is. But today, it doesn’t bode well for Secretary Hillary…
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Patriotic Americans Need Not Apply to Fight ISIS [FEDERALIST] At least, that’s the message the government’s recruiting website sends would-be ISIS fighters—and everyone else.
Published on The Federalist Check out the following two recruitment pitches on YouTube. (I challenge you to watch all of the second one.) This video is from the Islamic State, while this video is from USAjobs.gov, the federal government’s employment website. (It’s not encouraging that the latter, released more than a year ago, has just over…
Jihadi John: How Do You Say Déjà Vu in Cockney? [WEEKLY STANDARD] The biographies of the individuals responsible for the beheadings of James Foley and Daniel Pearl are eerily similar.
Published on The Weekly Standard The biographies of the individuals responsible for the beheadings of James Foley and Daniel Pearl are eerily similar. Foley’s killer, “Jihadi John” — recently revealed to be one Mohammed Emwazi — moved to London when he was young, was raised in a middle-class neighborhood, and attended the University of Westminster. The mastermind…
The Enemy Within [FEDERALIST] The West’s self-hatred and guilt complex leaves it too weak to defend itself against radical Islam.
Published on The Federalist Last week, bullets from jihadists’ AK-47s pulverized the European Union’s hopelessly — and, indeed, dangerously — naïve vision for society. Moving forward, we must dedicate as much of our attention to radical Islam as to the Western culture that bred and allows radical Islam to flourish. To do otherwise would only…
Blame the EU First [DAILY CALLER] The postwar European project created a society devoid of incentives for Muslims to integrate.
Published on The Daily Caller The discovery that more than 2,000 European Muslims are fighting for the Islamic State has reignited a familiar, feverish chorus that both reprimands European Muslims for refusing to integrate and rebukes European governments for failing to integrate their Muslim citizens. Alas, incriminations are rarely accompanied by elucidations, and when they…
Crescent Over the Thames [WAR ON THE ROCKS] British Muslim radicalization truly began during the Bosnian War.
Published on War on the Rocks Trafalgar Square, central London. More than 3,000 people are in attendance at the “Rally for Islam.” A notorious firebrand near Nelson’s Column calls for jihad against Britain. Thunderous cheers roll through the crowd and echo ominously toward Whitehall. Placards demand the assassination of the British prime minster and other…
The British Connection [NRO] The willingness of British Muslims to wage jihad abroad began in earnest at least 20 years ago.
Published on National Review Online For many, the British accent of the Islamist who executed American journalist James Foley was almost as shocking as the barbaric murder itself. In the days that follow, critics of American foreign policy will assert that the Islamic State’s audacious act was merely a symptom of “blowback,” the unintended consequence…